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On This Earth Day, It's Actually Easier To Be Green EDITOR’S NOTE: Forbes has just published Curbing Cars: America’s Independence From The Auto Industry, an eBook investigating why a growing number of Americans are giving up their cars. Written by Forbes...

Why Innovation Needs Outsiders and Fresh IdeasWhen we’re stuck on a hard problem, we go seek out a superior. It seems like common sense. It’s something that is imbued into us from childhood and into adulthood. When you can’t solve that math problem, you ask your...

Feb 4 2014, 3:34pm CST

Grammys Taxes and the IRS The Grammys award show is a big production, which GRAMMY.com calls Music’s Biggest Night. Awards are coveted for their status and industry recognition, but they can increase performer earnings too. On the...

Making Sense Of Zappos And Holacracy“Zappos Says Goodbye To Bosses,” was the recent headline in the Washington Post. “Zappos is going holacratic: no job titles, no managers, no hierarchy,” wrote Aimee Groth in Quartz. “Gurus Gone Wild” wrote my fellow...

Jan 15 2014, 8:51am CST

MC-12 Crash Claims Three LivesThe crash of an MC-12 aircraft in eastern Afghanistan has claimed three innocent lives. All three of them were American citizens. The authorities have made it clear that the tragic accident was not due to any enemy activity. Some find this hard to believe though.

Jan 11 2014, 6:50am CST

How Innovative Companies CollaborateFor highly innovative group collaborations, do what the big tech firms do: Cycle through collaborations with different pairs and take the long view.
By Jason P. Davis, INSEAD Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and...

The Startup Movement Is Not About Startups, ActuallyI’m going to say something that might sound nutty. But I’ll say it anyways. The Startup Movement is not about startups.
What could I possibly mean, you might be asking? Did I drink too much eggnog over the holidays...

Jan 3 2014, 5:46am CST

How Big Should Your Network Be?There is a debate happening between software developers and scientists: How large can and should our networks be in this evolving world of social media? The answer to this question has dramatic implications for how we...

Jan 2 2014, 10:01am CST

Becoming More Innovative in 2014Organizations don’t innovate, people do. Organizations that are admired for being especially innovative don’t hire genetically different people than are available to the rest of us, they just make different managerial...

12 Days Of Charitable Giving: Ride For ReadingIt’s the ninth day of our 12 Days of Charitable Giving! In December, I’ll be focusing on twelve charitable organizations which my readers have nominated as most deserving of your charitable donation. You have less than...

7 Ways Your Father Affected Your CareerMy father passed away last May at 92, and his passing has spurred me to think even more deeply about our relationship and his impact on me. As one of two daughters and the youngest, I know that my relationship with him...

Beijing Rooftop Villa to be DemolishedA high rise apartment in Beijing has an illegally built villa structure on its rooftop. After innumerable complaints from neighbors the rock villa is to be destroyed by the authorities.

Twelve South Announces Compass iPad StandTwelve South has just launched a cool new iPad stand. The Compass can hold your iPad like an easel, allowing it to display your tablet in both horizontal and portrait mode. Just slide your iPad whichever direction you...

Jul 22 2010, 5:05pm CDT

Topps Baseball Cards Feature 3D AvatarsAround the world, many baseball fans collect baseball cards and some famous players have cards that are worth big money. Topps, one of the biggest names in baseball cards has announced a new high-tech card that offers a...

Mar 9 2009, 1:00pm CDT

Autoloc Flame Thrower is ScaryYou know it might sound cool to have flames fly out of the exhaust pipe of your car; it is more than a little dangerous. Autoloc says that its car flame thrower kit that shoots flames from the exhaust pipe is for off...

May 23 2008, 2:00pm CDT

Star Wars Social Networking Cards Scream I'm a GeekFans of Star Wars who like to have their own business cards, even if they don’t have a business Star Wars social networking cards are here. Sure if you hand these out 99% of those who get them will think you are a...

Jul 25 2007, 9:07am CDT

One Click Butter CutterThis is one of those kick-yourself-in-the-head moments where you wish you could have thought of something as simple as the One Click Butter Cutter, well an American did.The Whatever Works online shop observed that "...

Jan 29 2007, 3:00am CST

Street Culture Designer Toy Figures Take OverThey are called CiBoys, Smorkin Labbit, Dunny, Trexi or Ugly Dolls, to name a view. Those toy figures are a growing trend from Asia that is now taking over the rest of the world.
Online store My Plastic Heart has a...

Jul 15 2005, 10:52am EST

Bling Bling Mickey Mouse Pez DispenserI am still amazed that the Pez Dispenser is still alive. I already had those almost 30 years ago. The Pez dispenser story actually already starts in 1950 with the first dispenser hitting the market. 1952 Pez started to...

Feb 20 2005, 1:45am EST

Bluebroc C-Station Relaxation StationFurniture designers are always trying to come up with the ideal computer workplace. UK's Bluebroc tries the extreme comfort aproach with the C-Station.
The C-shaped workspace wrapped around the ergonomically designed...

Sociable file-sharing in Public PlacesResearchers at Nottingham and Sussex
university have developed a new kind of interactive wall display for community
file sharing in public places, called Dynamo.
The idea is for it to be installed in public places...

Mar 3 2004, 7:57pm EST

Vein Pattern Bio-Metric SystemFujitsu Laboratories Ltd. announced the world's first human vein pattern recognition system.
Apparently the vein pattern in human hands are unique and do not change over the life-time.
The touch-less recognition system...